Criticism of religion and of the people who espouse religious beliefs has become a routine event. In this article, I want to address the criticism about Christians and how that criticism has a direct impact on Latinos. First of all, let us clarify religion and spirituality concepts.

After a long thoughtful review of the comprehensive immigration reform bill recently approved by the US Senate and considering how badly we need immigration reform, we at HispanosUnidos.us cannot in good conscience support a bill that militarizes the US-Mexico border for the promise of an alleged green card, and a very doubtful path to citizenship. The bill self-serves the financial interest of the military industrial machine, the private prisons system, government contractors, and deceives and exploits the goodwill of countless immigrants but particularly Latino families who want immigration reform.

Whether we agree with how the United States has militarily intervened in other countries, one fact cannot be dismissed: Tens of thousands of soldiers have returned from active duty with significant emotional and psychological problems, oftentimes resorting to drugs and alcohol in an effort to silence the monsters that lurk inside their minds. Many are homeless, broken and unable to reintegrate to society. It would be accurate to assert that based on available research - and common sense I may add - many more soldiers currently deployed in war zones will develop psychological disorders, the most salient being post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The fact that many of those soldiers are not afforded the psychological help they need and deserve is a topic that can fill pages and pages of critiques. But the focus of this critique is about veterans soldiers who hold US legal residency, more specifically, Latino veterans.